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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Parkland College

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Parkland College

If you are interested in studying dental hygiene/hygienist, you may want to check out the program at Parkland College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Parkland College is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 5,758 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist section at the bottom of this page.

Parkland College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Parkland College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Parkland College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Parkland College.

Parkland College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

97% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at Parkland College are white. Around 70% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Parkland College with a associate's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 21
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Dental Hygiene Grads May Go Into

A degree in dental hygiene can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Parkland College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors 10,070 $105,140
Dental Hygienists 9,450 $72,640

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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